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The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE, also known as Pre-Execution Environment; sometimes pronounced "pixie") is an environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of data storage devices or installed operating systems.

The Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE, also known as Pre-Execution Environment; sometimes pronounced "pixie") is an environment to boot computers using a network interface independently of data storage devices (like hard disks) or installed operating systems.

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CentOS update package in install folder

I was trying to deploy CentOS from PXE with an install directory extracted from latest iso (1611). Install failed (with or without kickstart) because of microcode_ctl package, after some researches I found out there is updated rpm that fix the…
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Can PXE Boot in UEFI but not in Legacy

looking for some advice on why my lab setups is acting this way regarding PXE boot. A breakdown of the unit is: Host OS is Server 2016 running hyper V with 2 VMS Hyper V VM1 is the DC, running AD, DHCP , DNS VM2 WDS When I PXE boot a Client…
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No outbound internet on client during PXE installation

I'm using this guide to do an automated PXE install of Ubuntu on a system. However there is no outbound internet from the client machine and it can't resolve any of the mirrors when it comes time to do that during the installation. I'm not exactly…
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XenServer 7.1.0 PXE installation

As my IBM Blade Center H has known difficulties with booting HS22 Blades from CDROM the best option for me is installation via network. So I'm trying to set up a PXE boot of the XenServer 7.1.0 installation. I'm following Citrix Installation Guide…
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UEFI PXE booting across subnets

I'm trying to boot PCs from a Windows 2012R2 WDS server in UEFI mode. If, and only if, the client is in a different subnet from the DHCP/PXE servers, this fails with some of them. (It always works in BIOS mode, but I need UEFI.) The symptom is that…
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VMware guest PXE boot fails and hangs, Can It auto-retry?

I use Kickstart to build most of my virtual machines which is consistent and repeatable. However, when I'm building 100+ machines, many times they get stuck mid-install and need a CTRL-Alt-Ins to get going, any ideas on a way to make they…
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Windows PXE Boot freezes in KVM

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running WDS/DHCP Service and an Ubuntu Server 16.04.4 as a qemu/kvm host where is running a Windows 7 vm as an image to capture for WDS (syspreped). Now when i want to PXE boot the Win7 vm, i get into Windows Boot…
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coreos etcd config using ignition

I'm trying to boot coreos on my private cloud using pxe boot using coreos official document. The process requires ignition file for cloud config, but I can't find a way to set some configuration tags like etcd in ignition. I'd be glad if anyone can…
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Patching RHEL 6 diskless

I am setting up a RHEL 6 diskless installation. It is working via PXE over nfs. However, I am concerned about patching. How do I patch the diskless image if it is just a collection of files representative of a RHEL 6 installation? For instance, if…
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pxe boot as an alternate boot for troubleshooting?

My next question on pxe again, my pxe boot setup is fine and I am to build servers without any problem Sorry if it’s a very basic question. I wanted to boot my active server to network boot again as an alternate boot environment for troubleshooting…
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Linux pxe boot is successes, but how do I make it muti OS (7.1 and 7.2) for each MAC?

I did a setup a pxe boot recently and it’s works like a charm without any issues, so the phase 1 is okay and success. Now the question is, I have two client with mac address and how to configure a profile for each? At present whatever system…
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rhel7 pxe boot issue with dhcp gets wrong address

I am trying to setup a new PXE boot setup and all seems to be okay, but when it tries to get kickstart file, it says network unreachable enter image description here when I am looking at dhcp logs it says it's getting worng network Jan 18 02:39:24…
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SCCM 2012 R2 - PXE Boot Issues with Dell Inspiron 7559

I'm having problem with a Dell Inspiron 7559 for OSD using SCCM 2012 R2 My SCCM is patched with all the latest hotfixes and updates. I have no problem doing deployment to any other machine. But when I try an Inspiron 7559 (I've tried 2 different…
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Supermicro SuperServer 5037MC-H8TRF PXE boot infinite retry

I can successfully PXE-boot the blades in a Supermicro SuperServer 5037MC-H8TRF. However if my PXE server is not currently up, the blades try to get a DHCP on each interface once before the boot agent gives up and asks you to press any key to try…
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Test client won't PXE boot anymore black screen

So today i wanted to have an Task Sequence only for programs to install, so i chose Post OS Installation Task Sequence and i did nothing about it and when i wanted to try and deploy an application it gave me an error message saying i need to remove…
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